While Stanfords still can’t get hold of the final Greece map I need, I’ve been reading a lot of books.
The first is by Alastair Humphreys, called Moods of Future Joys, the first book chronicling the African leg of his epic 4 year around the world bike ride. It’s a fascinating tale of chance – after 9/11 happened it became impossible for him to cycle through the middle east, so he decided to go south instead through Africa.
The second is the Adventure Cycle Touring Handbook. This has everything anyone ever needs to know about touring on a bike. It’s really quite useful.